Joel Cross:Portland played its first dual match of the season Thursday night at Haslett. The end result wasn’t what the Raiders were looking for. However, they played a lot of good matches and showed they had what it takes to play with a top team that is in a higher division. I was really impressed with how three of the matches played out. Alex Russman is playing singles for the first time this year and managed to take his match to 4 and 3 against a very good player. Alex is so athletic that he is really able to hit balls that most players would just give up on. 2 and 3 doubles were also really impressive.They both managed to push Haslett to a 3rd set. The doubles teams really seem to be learning how to take control of a point. It’s great to see them poaching balls at the net and making their opponents work to win points.
Singles:
No. 1 – Ethan Fajardo, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 – Korben Leung, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 6-3 , -;
No. 3 – Anish Raja, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Ryan Leonard, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
No. 4 – Ian Opel, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Ethan Webert, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-3 , -;
Doubles:
No. 1 – Logan Mowid, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL – Jonathan Betten, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Kurt Kraczon, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL – Jorgen Sonday, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-4 , -;
No. 2 – Eddy Tang, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL – Aremis Leung, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Kai Kipp, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL – Casey Smith, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 3-6 , 6-2 , 10-7 ;
No. 3 – Ethan Park, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL – Andrew Gingras, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Cadin Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL – Timothy Pohl, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 2-6 , 10-7 ;
No. 4 – Aaron Ngo, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL – Holden Clark, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Dane Wildrom, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL – Austin Getchell, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-3 , -;